Jurisdiction concerning death requires connection with the State
18 Jurisdiction concerning death requires connection with the State
A coroner does not have jurisdiction to hold an inquest concerning a death or suspected death unless it appears to the coroner that—
the remains of the person are in the State, or
the death or suspected death or the cause of the death or of the suspected death occurred in the State, or
the death or suspected death occurred outside the State but the person had a sufficient connection with the State, as referred to in subsection (2).
A person had a sufficient connection with the State if the person—
was ordinarily resident in the State when the death or suspected death occurred, or
was, when the death or suspected death occurred, in the course of a journey to or from some place in the State, or
was last at some place in the State before the circumstances of his or her death or suspected death arose.
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